ungoogled-chromium
The facts below are what the maker publishes about ungoogled-chromium, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From ungoogled-chromium's own pricing page, checked 16 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free and open-source | Free | Source code is publicly available · Platform-specific builds and packages are available |
| ungoogled-chromium | Free | Open-source browser · BSD-3-Clause license |
The facts
Each one read from ungoogled-chromium's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Background requests
- The project removes remaining background requests to web services while building and running the browser.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Builds and distributions
- The project lists builds or packages for multiple Linux distributions, macOS, Windows, and Android.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Built-in ad blocking
- Nochecked 16 Sep 2026
- Captive portals
- Disabling the intranet redirect detector also breaks captive portal detection, although captive portals still work.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Chromium experience
- The project aims to retain the default Chromium experience as closely as possible, as a drop-in replacement.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extension support
- chrome_storechecked 16 Sep 2026
- Google-specific functionality
- It disables Google-domain features such as Google Host Detector, Google URL Tracker, Google Cloud Messaging, and Google Hotwording.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Yeschecked 16 Sep 2026
- Request blocking
- It substitutes many Google domains with non-existent qjz9zk domains and blocks Chromium requests to those domains as a fail-safe.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Safe Browsing
- The project’s listed changes include disabling Safe Browsing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Search controls
- It adds a Suggestions URL field to search engine settings and a “No Search” Omnibox provider.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to issue trackers as its primary support channel and also offers Gitter and Matrix chat rooms.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Third-party binary limit
- The project warns that contributor binaries may not be reproducible, so their authenticity cannot be guaranteed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- URL and pop-up behavior
- Enhancements include opening pop-ups in tabs and disabling automatic URL formatting in the Omnibox.checked 11 Oct 2026
- User controls
- It adds command-line switches and chrome://flags entries for configurable features, which are disabled by default.checked 11 Oct 2026
- What it is
- ungoogled-chromium is Google Chromium with its dependency on Google web services removed.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- The project describes its privacy, control, and transparency tweaks for users who want Chromium with reduced Google web-service dependency.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser engine
- chromiumchecked 16 Sep 2026
- Cross-device sync
- Nochecked 16 Sep 2026
- Supported platforms
- bothchecked 16 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 16 Sep 2026
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